Narrated Aqra' ibn Habib: Ibn Abbas said: Aqra' ibn Habis asked the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) saying: Apostle of Allah hajj is to be performed annually or only once? He replied: Only once, and if anyone performs it more often, he performs a supererogatory act.

1718

Narrated AbuWaqid al-Laythi: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) saying to his wives during the Farewell Pilgrimage: This (is the pilgrimage for you); afterwards stick to the surface of the mats (i.e. should stay at home).

1725

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Islam does not allow for failure to perform the hajj.

1727

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: Ibn Abbas recited this verse: 'It is no sin for you that you seek the bounty of your Lord', and said: The people would not trade in Mina (during the hajj), so they were commanded to trade when they proceeded from Arafat.

1728

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: He who intends to perform hajj should hasten to do so.

1729

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: AbuUmamah at-Taymi said: I was a man who used to give (riding-beasts) on hire for this purpose (for travelling during the pilgrimage) and the people would tell (me): Your hajj is not valid. So I met Ibn Umar and told him: AbuAbdurRahman, I am a man who gives (riding-beast) on hire for this purpose (i.e. for hajj), and the people tell me: Your hajj is not valid. Ibn Umar replied: Do you not put on ihram (the pilgrim dress), call the talbiyah (labbayk), circumambulate the Ka'bah, return from Arafat and lapidate jamrahs? I said: Why not? Then he said: Your hajj is valid. a man came to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) and asked him the same question you have asked me. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) kept silence and did not answer him till this verse came down: "It is no sin for you that you seek the bounty of your Lord." The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) sent for him and recited this verse to him and said: Your hajj is valid.

1730

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The people used to trade, in the beginning, at Mina, Arafat, the market place of Dhul-Majaz, and during the season of hajj. But (later on) they became afraid of trading while they were putting on ihram. So Allah, glory be to Him, sent down this verse: "It is no sin for you that you seek the bounty of your Lord during the seasons of hajj." Ubayd ibn Umayr told me that he (Ibn Abbas) used to recite this verse in his codex.

1735

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) appointed Dhat Irq as the place for putting on ihram for the people of Iraq.

1736

Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) appointed al-Aqiq as the place for putting on ihram for the people of East.

1737

Narrated Umm Salamah, Ummul Mu'minin: She heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say: If anyone puts on ihram for hajj or umrah from the Aqsa mosque to the sacred mosque , his former and latter sins will be forgiven, or he will be guaranteed Paradise. The narrator Abdullah doubted which of these words he said.